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critical 9.8

CVE-2021-31578 json

In Boa, there is a possible escalation of privilege due to a stack buffer overflow.

published 3y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-18472

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.3%
EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 70%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In Boa, there is a possible escalation of privilege due to a stack buffer overflow. This could lead to remote escalation of privilege from a proximal attacker with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: A20210008; Issue ID: OSBNB00123241.

Patch / fix

  • mediatek en7580_firmware tlm7.3.275.0-64
  • mediatek en7528_firmware tlm7.3.275.0-64

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Exploit prediction

1.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 70% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • MediaTek, Inc. EN7528, EN7580

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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